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Travel Plan for Sale Sharks v Worcester Warriors

27 December 2012 08:00am

By Sale Sharks

Salford City Stadium, Sale Sharks and Transport for Greater Manchester are pleased to be working in partnership to provide the following public transport services to make your journey to our games easier!

To book onto any of these services please email travel@salfordcitystadium.com clearly stating your name, how many places you wish to book, your required departure point and your required departure time. You will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours of confirming your selected departure location and time. Should you fail to receive this confirmation, please re-send your email or call us on 0161 820 2610.

PARK & RIDE FROM THE TRAFFORD CENTRE

Buses will be operating shuttle bus services from STAND 4 of the Trafford Centre BusStation at the following times

17.30, 18.00, 18.30, 19.00, 19.30

Return post Match 22.00, 22.30 and 23.00

There is no booking required for these coaches; however these will be on a first come first served basis, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.

The Little B Pub, Sale will be operating a Park & Ride Scheme from the pub for every home match. Coach will leave the Little B at 6.45pm, parking in their car park is free. The return journey will leave the Stadium at 10.30pm. Return Journeys are charged at £3.40 per person. For more details contact 0161 973 1168, The Little B Pub, 195 Marsland Road, Sale, M33 3ND

Brook Pub - for details on the shuttle service being run by the Brook Pub, contact 0161 973 7773

TRAVELLING BY TRAIN

If you are travelling by Train, our nearest Train Stations with bus connections to the stadium are Irlam and Eccles.

Irlam Train Station

You can travel to Irlam Train Station from the following departure station - Manchester Oxford Road

STOCKPORT

17.26

MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD

17.37

17.44

18.16

18.44

ARRIVES IRLAM

17.52

18.04

18.36

19.04

BUS 67

18.03

18.18

18.55

19.11

Bus journey time approx. 12 minutes

Return Services

Bus Connection

IRLAM STATION DEPT.

MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD

21.35(100 service)

21.48

22.13

22.35(100 service)

22.48

23.13

Eccles Train Station

You can travel to Eccles Train Station from the following departure stations

DEPARTURE STATION

DEPARTURE TIME

DEPARTURE

TIME

DEPARTURE TIME

DEPARTURE TIME

MANCHESTER VICTORIA

17.10

17.37

18.01

18.39

ARRIVES ECCLES

17.16

17.46

18.11

18.46

BUS 67

17.26

17.56

18.26

18.56

Return Trains from Eccles to Manchester Victoria

CHEAPEST DAILY TICKET AVAILABLE FROM ANY TRAVEL SHOP OR RAIL STATION IN GREATER MANCHESTER IS £6.30 FOR ONE DAY UNLIMITED TRAVEL ON BUS, TRAIN AND METROLINK SERVICES

TRAVELLING BY METROLINK

If you are travelling by Metrolink, our nearest Metrolink station is Eccles. The Metrolink runs every 12 minutes from Manchester city centre to Eccles. To travel from Sale via Metrolink passengers should change lines at Cornbrook. On arrival at Eccles Metrolink, cross the road to Eccles Interchange Bus Station and catch the Number 67 bus to the stadium:

BUS 67

17.56

18.11

18.26

18.41

18.56

19.11

ARRIVE AT A57 LIVERPOOL ROAD

18.08

18.23

18.38

18.53

19.08

19.23

Metrolink services run from Eccles to Manchester every 12 minutes until 1.08am.

PLEASE NOTE SALFORD CITY STADIUM, SALE SHARKS, TRANSPORT FOR GREATER MANCHESTER AND ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED COMPANIES WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT ARRIVE IN TIME FOR KICK OFF, NOR WILL THEY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISSED RETURN JOURNEYS OR MISSED CONNECTIONS.

CYCLING TO SALFORD CITY STADIUM

If you choose to cycle to Salford City Stadium there are 12 bike racks located outside the main west stand. Bikes can be chained to these are the owners own risk.

There is a dedicated motorcycle parking area within the main west stand car park. There is no charge for parking of motorcycles at the stadium.

CAR PARKING AT SALFORD CITY STADIUM

As a new stadium we have legal and moral obligations to encourage as many of our visitors as possible to make use of the various modes of public transport as detailed above. For those customers who have no alternative but to travel by car, our suggestions are:

Located on the A57 (across from the stadium), Barton Airport offers approximately 250 parking spaces. These are charged at £5 per person and payable by cash on the night. The stadium is approximately 10 minutes walk.

The Unicorn Pub, Liverpool Road, M30 7BY

Located on Liverpool Road, (A57 Eccles end), the unicorn pub offers limited match day parking at £5 per car, cash payable on the night. The stadium is approximately 15 minutes walk away

Located just off of Liverpool Road, Eccles RFC offer match day car parking. Charged of £2.50 per car, cash payable on the night. The stadium is approximately 15 minutes walk away.

Parking at Salford City Stadium

Parking at Salford City Stadium is limited. THERE WILL BE NO CASH PARKING ON THE NIGHT OF THE MATCH. Pre-bookable spaces are available by visiting www.salfordcitystadium.com or at the stadium up until 12pm on the day of the match. These spaces are charged at £5 per car and are sold on a first come first serve basis.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO PARK AT THE STADIUM YOU MAY HAVE TO WAIT UP TO 1.5 HOURS TO GET OFF OF THE CAR PARK.

If you do choose to travel by car, please click on the link below to access the interactive map kindly compiled by the Sale Sharks Supporters Club.

WESTERN GATEWAY INFRASTRUCTURE SCHEME (WGIS)

The Western Gateway Infrastructure Scheme (WGIS) will see drastic improvements to the road network around our stadium and will help to ease congestion on match days. By March 2014 a new bridge over the canal to the Trafford Centre as well as various other improvements in the area, will be open.

For full details, including visuals of how the new road layouts will look, see the interactive brochure.

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